The NASA innovative advanced concepts
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC25K7609
- Awardee
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University Of Illinois UEI Y8CWNJRCNN91
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $91,000
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $91,000.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $91,000 |
About this award
NASA awarded a $91,000 grant to the University of Illinois (Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois) on December 31, 2025, with a completion date of July 1, 2026. The award funds research under NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which supports early-stage feasibility studies of visionary aerospace concepts that address national government and commercial aerospace goals. NIAC seeks radically different or disruptive innovations that could significantly enhance or enable new human or robotic science and exploration missions. The program typically focuses on aerospace architectures and concepts currently at Technology Readiness Level 1–2 in maturity that are projected ten or more years in the future. The research will be conducted at the University of Illinois's Urbana campus location.
This award carries no set-aside designation, indicating open competition. The University of Illinois, a prominent public land-grant research institution, has an established track record of federal contracting and grant work across multiple scientific and technological domains, including prior NASA awards supporting innovative aerospace research. As a parent contract, this award represents a direct grant to the university for fundamental research activities within NIAC's mission to explore credible, unexplored aerospace concepts with potential applications that could advance NASA's goals or offer broader benefits to space and aeronautics initiatives.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC25K7609?
80NSSC25K7609 was awarded to University Of Illinois by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on December 31, 2025.
How much is contract 80NSSC25K7609 worth?
The government has obligated $91,000 on 80NSSC25K7609.
Was contract 80NSSC25K7609 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC25K7609 was full and open competition.
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